Effectiveness of pandemic H1N1-2009 vaccination in reducing laboratory confirmed influenza infections among military recruits in tropical Singapore

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Vernon J ^a,b,c   Tan, Chi Hsien ^a   Yap, Jonathan ^a   Cook, Alex R ^b   Ting, Pei Jun ^d   Loh, Jin Phang ^d   Gao, Qiuhan ^a   Chen, Mark I ^b,e   Kang, Wee Lee ^f   Tan, Boon Huan ^d   Tambyah, Paul A ^g  

^a Ministry of Defence Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^e TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f Singapore Army   (Singapore)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PANVAX H1N1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGAPORE; SOLDIER; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LABORATORY; PANDEMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPIC CLIMATE; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LABORATORIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PANDEMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055061246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026572     Document Type: Article

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